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 in impaired digestion, manifested in impure blood. The law of compensation in nature is here amply and completely shown, for each and every violation of the rule of obedience is visited with condign correction, individual or cumulative. On the other hand, relief and restoration are offered when the road of indulgence is forsaken and natural paths resumed.

Granting that impaired digestion is the source of impure blood or disease, it is the purpose of the following pages to establish that abused digestive functions, relieved from their labors for a time, will recover and return with renewed vigor to their appointed tasks. Rest and rest alone is the one means of recuperation in the realm of nature, and the sole purpose of physical life is so to maintain the structure of the human body that disease may be prevented and eradicated.